Pokemon Sun and Moon - Battle Tree Information on Grimsley [Pokémon Sun and Moon]

This article will feature details including Party Pokemon, recommended Pokemon and strategy for when battling Pokemon Trainer Grimsley at the Battle Tree in Pokemon Sun and Moon.

Basic Information on Pokemon Trainer Grimsley

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Possibility of Battling Pokemon Trainer Grimsley

After every 10 battles at the Battle Tree Super Single, Super Double, and Super Multi; there is a chance of encountering him.

Grimsley’s Party pokemon’s Battle Tree Item and Move Sets during the first battle

The following Pokemon that will be used by Pokemon Trainer Grimsley will be chosen at random. Since no two Pokemon of the same species may enter, only one of the two possible Held Item and move sets will be chosen.

Pokémon	Type	Held Item	Possible Moves
Houndoom	Dark Fire	Air Balloon	・Flamethrower ・Shadow Ball ・Sludge Bomb ・Will-O-Wisp
		Houndoominite	・Fire Blast ・Dark Pulse ・Solar Beam ・Sunny Day
Tyranitar	Dark Rock	Chople Berry	・Rock Slide ・Crunch ・Earthquake ・Dragon Dance
		Tyranitarite	・Stone Edge ・Earthquake ・Ice Fang ・Payback
Sharpedo	Water Dark	Sharpedonite	・Crunch ・Ice Fang ・Aqua Jet ・Poison Jab
		Focus Sash	・Ice Beam ・Hydro Pump ・Dark Pulse ・Protect
Absol	Dark	Focus Sash	・Night Slash ・Zen Headbutt ・Sucker Punch ・Play Rough
		Absolite	・Sucker Punch ・Megahorn ・Play Rough ・Stone Edge
Honchkrow	Dark Flying	Darkinium Z	・Psychic ・Dark Pulse ・Swagger ・Shadow Ball

Pokémon	Type	Held Item	Possible Moves
Drapion	Poison Dark	Scope Lens	・Cross Poison ・Night Slash ・Fire Fang ・Earthquake
		Razor Claw	・Cross Poison ・Night Slash ・Earthquake ・Swords Dance
Liepard	Dark	Red Card	・Foul Play ・Sucker Punch ・Sand Attack ・Thunder Wave
		Focus Sash	・Dark Pulse ・Shadow Ball ・Grass Knot ・Nasty Plot
Scrafty	Dark Fighting	Fightinium Z	・Substitute ・Payback ・High Jump Kick ・Focus Punch
		Leftovers	・Bulk Up ・Payback ・Protect ・Drain Punch
Bisharp	Dark Steel	Chople Berry	・Iron Head ・Night Slash ・Low Sweep ・Sucker Punch
		Focus Sash	・Taunt ・Sucker Punch ・Metal Burst ・Iron Head

Tips: Battling Pokemon Trainer Grimsley

By observation, Grimsley’s roster Pokemon share the same typing (aka Mono-Type Team), with all of them capitalizing on dark-type alone which allow Fighting types and Fairy-Types to be optimal choices to join the fray. Keep in mind however that the following items: Focus Sash and Chople Berry are to be expected in some of his Pokemon which can prevent yours from scoring a knock out.

In addition to the above mentioned types to bring, majority of Grimsley’s roster also share a striking similarity in terms of partial Ground-Type weakness through: Houndoom’s Fire-Typing, Tyranitar’s Rock-Typing, Drapion’s Poison-Typing, and Bisharp’s Steel-Typing. This makes having some Ground-Types or Ground-type moves equally effective against them, only falling short of Honchkrow’s Flying-Typing.

In terms of Pokemon to bring, Garchomp makes a great contender when equipped with the item Lum Berry and having one of its moves as Substitute, as it allows it to both scout and avoid crippling moves then follow up by possibly taking-out one or two before its Substitute wears off.

In addition, aiming for a sweep away with Mega Gyarados that has buffed with Dragon Dance is also effective.

As mentioned above, a recommended durable Fairy-Type is Azumarill as it also possesses a Water-Typing which patches up its Steel-Type weakness. With a great STAB priority move through Aqua Jet, it negates Bisharp’s held item Focus Sash’s activation, and decreases its move Metal Burst’s effectiveness allowing Azumarill to successfully defeat it.

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